The Linear City in Guro of Seoul and Kwang-Myeong of Gyeong-Gi
The purpose of this workshop is to reunite urbanism and architecture as one singular and synthetic approach. Our team interprets “Immeuble Cite” as an entity with the integrity of cityness, which fulfills the community for people.
The project site is located on the border of two big cities - specifically at the outskirt of Seoul and nearby Gyeong-Gi province. In regards to the circumstances of the project site, there are many heavy infra-structures which provide connections between Seoul and Gyeong-Gi province. Our team researched part of the area across Guro in Seoul and Gwang-myong in Gyeong-Gi province. We figured out that there is a critical spot to both resolve the problem in the area and represent our idea very clearly. The project site is divided by many heavy infra-structures, 1 river and 2 streams. As a result, it has become like the debris of land. Furthermore, the heavy infra-structures and streams are all elevated. This geographical condition ultimately creates too many dark, dead and isolated spaces between each infra-structure over the area. Also, there are many reservoirs to control the water level during the rainy season in summer. These reservoirs are isolated from various people’s activities and they are not used as public spaces properly.
The purpose of this project is, therefore to define a city which connects all the divided area and to acquire centrality of this region, while implying 3 concepts: Unification, Connection, and Centrality.
Firstly, Unification will be materialized as a linear and tall mass. This mass contains all kinds of people’s activities and carries various functions to the city while providing a transition between different land conditions.
It will be a size of 20m (thickness), 1200m (length), and 50 stories high(height). The ‘Immeuble cite’ could achieve what is believed to be integrity as an entity of the city. We named it ‘The Linear city’.